Flee
verb
To quickly escape from a place or a situation, usually because you are in danger or something frightens you.
As the police approached, the thieves decided to flee.
Often appears as...
- flee the scene
- flee in terror
verb
To run away from someone or something, often out of fear.
The mouse fled from the cat.
Often appears as...
- flee in fear
- flee in panic
verb
To leave a place or a situation quickly in order to avoid something unpleasant.
She fled the chaotic city to find peace in the mountains.
Often appears as...
- flee the country
- flee in disgust
verb
To quickly escape from a place or a situation, usually because you are in danger or something frightens you.
As the police approached, the thieves decided to flee.
Often appears as...
- flee the scene
- flee in terror
verb
To run away from someone or something, often out of fear.
The mouse fled from the cat.
Often appears as...
- flee in fear
- flee in panic
verb
To leave a place or a situation quickly in order to avoid something unpleasant.
She fled the chaotic city to find peace in the mountains.
Often appears as...
- flee the country
- flee in disgust
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Imminent Danger
Use 'flee' when the danger is immediate and could harm you.
The residents had to flee due to the approaching wildfire.
Pro Tip 2/3Intense Fear
Choose 'flee' to describe actions caused by strong fear or panic.
She fled the house at the sound of the terrifying screams.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Departure
Illustrates leaving without warning or notice, often under urgent circumstances.
He fled the meeting when he learned of his child's accident.
Pro Tip 1/3Imminent Danger
Use 'flee' when the danger is immediate and could harm you.
The residents had to flee due to the approaching wildfire.
Pro Tip 2/3Intense Fear
Choose 'flee' to describe actions caused by strong fear or panic.
She fled the house at the sound of the terrifying screams.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Departure
Illustrates leaving without warning or notice, often under urgent circumstances.
He fled the meeting when he learned of his child's accident.
Pro Tip 1/3Imminent Danger
Use 'flee' when the danger is immediate and could harm you.
The residents had to flee due to the approaching wildfire.
Pro Tip 2/3Intense Fear
Choose 'flee' to describe actions caused by strong fear or panic.
She fled the house at the sound of the terrifying screams.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Departure
Illustrates leaving without warning or notice, often under urgent circumstances.
He fled the meeting when he learned of his child's accident.
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How math saved my life PIPE...
was going to die right then and right there and I then had the next fuel and I had was this strange acceptance that life was about to end and then this fight-or-flight instinct came on and I had no chance to flee so I fought and I pulled out my absolute best jujitsu moves that idler
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A tale of mental illness...
is a waking nightmare in which my devils are so terrifying that all my angels have already fled. So would I take the pill? In an instant. That said, I don't wish to be seen as regretting the life I could have had if I'd not been mentally ill, nor am I asking anyone for their pity.
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Everything you need to...
The book traces Dr. Frankenstein's futile quest to impart and sustain life. He constructs his monster part by part from dead matter and electrifies it into conscious being. Upon completing the experiment, however, he's horrified at the result and flees.
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What does it mean to be...
There are many people around the world who have been displaced because of natural disasters, food insecurities, and other hardships, but international law, rightly or wrongly, only recognizes those fleeing conflict and violence as refugees.
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What caused the French...
proclaimed a radical idea for the time -- that individual rights and freedoms were fundamental to human nature and government existed only to protect them. Their privileges gone, many nobles fled abroad,
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What makes a hero? -...
This can vary between stories. Do the monsters bow down before the hero, or do they chase him as he flees from the special world? Return After all that adventure, the hero returns to his ordinary world.
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Why Do These Women...
and escape civil war Manang and others fled to the neighboring country of Thailand although safe from war the tribe is now caught between two countries and two worlds housed in refugee camps the
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Giant Horse Conch &...
Sensing the approaching danger, the snail flees. But in a world of snail paces, the conch is something of a Ferrari. It calls for desperate measures.
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4 Adorable Animals That...
to the rest of the group and they will flee to safety and when you only weigh in at 1.7 kilograms being part of a group really does help
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The Blue Planet...
sensing the approaching danger the snail flees but in a world of snail paces the
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How math saved my life PIPE...
was going to die right then and right there and I then had the next fuel and I had was this strange acceptance that life was about to end and then this fight-or-flight instinct came on and I had no chance to flee so I fought and I pulled out my absolute best jujitsu moves that idler
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
is a waking nightmare in which my devils are so terrifying that all my angels have already fled. So would I take the pill? In an instant. That said, I don't wish to be seen as regretting the life I could have had if I'd not been mentally ill, nor am I asking anyone for their pity.
Video examples
Everything you need to...
The book traces Dr. Frankenstein's futile quest to impart and sustain life. He constructs his monster part by part from dead matter and electrifies it into conscious being. Upon completing the experiment, however, he's horrified at the result and flees.
Video examples
What does it mean to be...
There are many people around the world who have been displaced because of natural disasters, food insecurities, and other hardships, but international law, rightly or wrongly, only recognizes those fleeing conflict and violence as refugees.
Video examples
What caused the French...
proclaimed a radical idea for the time -- that individual rights and freedoms were fundamental to human nature and government existed only to protect them. Their privileges gone, many nobles fled abroad,
Video examples
What makes a hero? -...
This can vary between stories. Do the monsters bow down before the hero, or do they chase him as he flees from the special world? Return After all that adventure, the hero returns to his ordinary world.
Video examples
Why Do These Women...
and escape civil war Manang and others fled to the neighboring country of Thailand although safe from war the tribe is now caught between two countries and two worlds housed in refugee camps the
Video examples
Giant Horse Conch &...
Sensing the approaching danger, the snail flees. But in a world of snail paces, the conch is something of a Ferrari. It calls for desperate measures.
Video examples
4 Adorable Animals That...
to the rest of the group and they will flee to safety and when you only weigh in at 1.7 kilograms being part of a group really does help
Video examples
The Blue Planet...
sensing the approaching danger the snail flees but in a world of snail paces the
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Ncuti Gatwa
I'd been warned that acting was an unstable profession and knew my parents couldn't support me financially. I had assured them I was going to work as hard as possible to make this career happen so their hard work, as immigrants who fled Rwanda and sacrificed everything for me, wouldn't be in vain. But I was falling short on my promise.
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Harshvardhan Rane
Indian Actor
I fled my home town and did odd jobs, including things like re-designing old furniture, before I became an actor. Having said that, I don't think the story of my life is in any way remarkable. What is remarkable is how acting opportunities have come my way.
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Pete Buttigieg
American Politician
The greatest nation in the world should not have much to fear from a family, especially children, fleeing violence. More importantly, children fleeing violence ought to have nothing to fear from the greatest country in the world.
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Deeyah Khan
Norwegian Director
Within a life that seems uncomfortably scripted by family and community pressures, hyper-religiosity can provide a way to break with parental expectations and flee from parental control.
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Gary Oldman
English Actor
I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.
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Jesse Ball
American Poet
I love to reread, even more than I like to read, so keeping a hold of books that I adore is very important, although they flee from me - they are always fleeing.
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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
German Poet
Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.
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Nayib Bukele
It's our responsibility to create the conditions where people don't want to flee our country.
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Tamsin Greig
English Actress
I suppose I flee to life. I'm most interested when conversations become difficult.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.
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Ncuti Gatwa
I'd been warned that acting was an unstable profession and knew my parents couldn't support me financially. I had assured them I was going to work as hard as possible to make this career happen so their hard work, as immigrants who fled Rwanda and sacrificed everything for me, wouldn't be in vain. But I was falling short on my promise.
Quote examples
Harshvardhan Rane
Indian Actor
I fled my home town and did odd jobs, including things like re-designing old furniture, before I became an actor. Having said that, I don't think the story of my life is in any way remarkable. What is remarkable is how acting opportunities have come my way.
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Pete Buttigieg
American Politician
The greatest nation in the world should not have much to fear from a family, especially children, fleeing violence. More importantly, children fleeing violence ought to have nothing to fear from the greatest country in the world.
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Deeyah Khan
Norwegian Director
Within a life that seems uncomfortably scripted by family and community pressures, hyper-religiosity can provide a way to break with parental expectations and flee from parental control.
Quote examples
Gary Oldman
English Actor
I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.
Quote examples
Jesse Ball
American Poet
I love to reread, even more than I like to read, so keeping a hold of books that I adore is very important, although they flee from me - they are always fleeing.
Quote examples
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
German Poet
Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.
Quote examples
Nayib Bukele
It's our responsibility to create the conditions where people don't want to flee our country.
Quote examples
Tamsin Greig
English Actress
I suppose I flee to life. I'm most interested when conversations become difficult.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.
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